I don't feel like a star; I never have. I don't feel like a star; I never have. I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one. I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself. Shawn Johnson
A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym! Shawn Johnson
When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps. Shawn Johnson
I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September. Shawn Johnson
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. Shawn Johnson
I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport. Shawn Johnson
I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep! Shawn Johnson
I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus. Shawn Johnson
It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself. Shawn Johnson
I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad. Shawn Johnson
When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. Shawn Johnson